GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |